Isaiah 40:17

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

In context

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

16 Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

BSB Berean Standard Bible: All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
KJV King James Version: All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
WEB World English Bible: All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
ASV American Standard Version: All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
DBY Darby Translation: All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
WBS Webster Bible: All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.